Innovation

Corporate top level domains will fill a unique void in the current DNS and assist in decreasing the burden on existing domain names by identifying members of the US Registered Business Communities... Read More

Safety

Implementation of .INC, .LLC, .CORP and .LLP corporate domains, will provide consumers the ability to quickly identify the presented business as a US registered Corporation... Read More

Security

With the increased popularity of the Internet as a consumer marketplace and the ease with which individuals are able to access information online, it is essential that safeguards be put in place to validate and identify legitimate businesses... Read More

Stability

Our DNS system will help to build a stronger, more resilient business platform for members of the US Registered Business Community, while fostering increased user confidence by ensuring accurate business representation... Read More

" To build confidence, trust, reliance, and loyalty for consumers and business owners alike by creating dedicated gTLDs to specifically serve the Communities of INC's, LLC's, LLP's and CORP's... "Read More

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Independent Review Panel

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has outlined specific processes, within its Bylaws, to reinforce transparency and its accountability to stakeholders and the public. ICANN's Board Governance Committee (“BGC”) is responsible for reviewing requests for reconsideration from any person or entity that has been materially affected by any ICANN staff action or inaction if such affected person or entity believes the action contradicts established ICANN policies, or by any Board actions or inactions that such affected person or entity believes has been taken without consideration of material information. ICANN’s Bylaws also provide for independent third-party review of Board actions alleged to be inconsistent with its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. Prior to submitting such a request, ICANN urges aggrieved parties to enter into a voluntary period of cooperative engagement with ICANN for the purpose of resolving or narrowing the issues that are contemplated to be brought in an Independent Review Process (“IRP”).

Dot Registry, LLC (“Dot Registry”) submitted reconsideration requests to the BGC relating to its applications for the top-level domains .INC, .LLC and .LLP, which the BGC denied. After ICANN failed to participate in a period of cooperative engagement with Dot Registry, Dot Registry commenced an IRP against ICANN pursuant to Section 3 of Article IV of ICANN’s Bylaws in order to obtain independent third-party review of ICANN’s handling and treatment of certain Community Priority Evaluations of Dot Registry’s applications performed by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The IRP is being administered by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (“ICDR”).

The submissions of both parties and orders issued in the IRP to date are posted below. ICANN is required to promptly publish the pleadings, claims and declarations relating to the IRP on its website, pursuant to Section 3(19) of Article IV of its Bylaws. ICANN publishes these documents at https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/dot-registry-v-icann-2014-09-25-en.

ICANN Postpones Three Contention Sets for 21st January gTLD Auction

Note: ICANN defiantly views the Emergency Arbitrator’s Final Order as merely a “recommendation” and not a binding order upon ICANN’s Board. The last page of the Emergency Arbitrator’s Order clearly states, “It is therefore ORDERED that ICANN refrain from scheduling an auction for the new gTLDs .INC, .LLP and .LLC until the conclusion of the pending Independent Review Process.” Under ICDR Rules, Art. 6(4) (“Any interim award or order shall have the same effect as an interim measure made pursuant to Article 24 and shall be binding on the parties when rendered.”); Dot Registry, LLC v. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICDR Case 01-14-0001-5004, “Emergency Independent Review Panelist's Order on Request for Emergency Measures of Protection,” ¶ 6 (describing consent of both parties to ICDR Art. 6) (23 December 2014); Bylaws for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Art. IV § 3(21) (amended 30 July 2014) (“The declarations of the IRP Panel, and the Board's subsequent action on those declarations, are final and have precedential value”); see alsoDotConnectAfrica Trust v. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICDR Case No. 50-2013-00-1083, “Declaration on the IRP Procedure,” ¶¶ 98-115, 131 (14 August 2014) (holding that decisions of IRP panels are binding upon ICANN, pursuant to the rules that govern the IRP and the New gTLD Program) (available at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/irp-procedure-declaration-14aug14-en.pdf).